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trip·per
(trĭp′ər)n.
1. Slang One who is undergoing a hallucinatory experience induced by a psychedelic drug.
2. A tripping or triggering device on a mechanism.
3. Chiefly British One who is taking a short pleasure trip.
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tripper
(ˈtrɪpə)n
1. a person who goes on a trip
2. chiefly Brit a tourist; excursionist
3. (Mechanical Engineering) another word for trip7
4. (Mechanical Engineering)
a. any device that generates a signal causing a trip to operate
b. the signal so generated
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trip•per
(ˈtrɪp ər)n.
1. a person or thing that trips.
2. an apparatus causing a signal or other operating device to be tripped or activated.
3. a person who goes on a pleasure trip or excursion.
[1350–1400]
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| Noun | 1. |  tripper - (slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations |
| 2. |  tripper - a walker or runner who trips and almost falls | |
| 3. |  tripper - a tourist who is visiting sights of interest | |
| 4. |  tripper - a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water" |
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tripper
noun (Chiefly Brit.) tourist, holiday-maker, sightseer, excursionist, journeyer, voyager when the shops shut and the trippers go home
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tripper
nounChiefly British. One who travels for pleasure:
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Translations
مُتَنَزِّه، مُسْتَجِم
turista
turist
túristi, ferîamaîur
seyahat eden kimse
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tripper
[ˈtrɪpər] n (British) (= tourist) → touriste mf
(on day trip) → excursionniste mftrip switch n → télérupteur m
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tripper
n (esp Brit inf) → Ausflügler(in) m(f) ? day-tripper
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trip
(trip) – past tense, past participle tripped – verb1. (often with up or over) to (cause to) catch one's foot and stumble or fall. She tripped and fell; She tripped over the carpet.
2. to walk with short, light steps. She tripped happily along the road.
noun a journey or tour. She went on / took a trip to Paris.
ˈtripper noun a person who has made a journey for pleasure. The resort was full of trippers.
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